Integration into your workflow
Connects to your MIS and prepress systems through our API, so packaging files are verified automatically as they move through your process. No manual uploads, and no per-seat licenses to administer.
Preflight verifies every packaging file the moment it arrives. Spot colors, dieline, bleed, image resolution, barcodes, and fonts, checked automatically and connected to the systems you already run. Built and supported by a team with deep packaging and label prepress experience.
Reprints and production delays cost more than money or a missed opportunity. They can cost you the customer.
Preflight catches the issues that cause them. Typos, missing bleeds, low-resolution images, white layers, barcode scannability, and more. It turns art file intake from a liability into a competitive advantage, before a job ever reaches the press.
Connects to your MIS and prepress systems through our API, so packaging files are verified automatically as they move through your process. No manual uploads, and no per-seat licenses to administer.
Spot colors, white layers, dieline detection, bleed, image resolution, barcodes, missing fonts, and total ink coverage, across labels, folding cartons, and flexible packaging. Calibrated to the profile each file belongs to.
A clear, branded report you can share directly with your customers, replacing slow back-and-forth email exchanges with a single professional document.
Enterprise customers receive early access to new capabilities and help shape how they are built, with priority support from our team throughout.
Every report is cross-checked by an AI layer. It reviews the full set of findings as a whole and catches the inconsistencies that slip past a checklist, the kind of judgment that usually takes an experienced prepress technician.
For a production team handling incoming files at volume, that layer is the difference between a checklist and a second set of expert eyes on every job.
Most preflight tools sit at one of two extremes. Per-seat desktop plug-ins that check a file but never touch your workflow, or enterprise systems that integrate deeply but arrive with a heavy license and a months-long IT deployment. Preflight delivers the same workflow integration as the enterprise systems, cloud-based and delivered as a subscription, with a guided setup instead of a deployment project.
| Approach | Preflight | Desktop tools | Enterprise systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examples | Preflight Enterprise | Markzware, PitStop Pro | Esko, PitStop Server, pdfToolbox Server |
| How it runs | Connected to your MIS and prepress through our API | Per-seat Acrobat plug-ins, run manually one file at a time | Integrated and capable, but a substantial license and a lengthy IT deployment |
| Where it runs | Cloud-based. Nothing to install or maintain | Installed on each user's machine | Desktop software plus an on-site server |
| Workflow integration | Yes, automatic file verification as jobs arrive | None. Checks a file, does not connect | Yes, with engineering and added charges for changes over time |
| AI validation layer | Yes, a packaging-native AI validation layer | No | No |
| Setup | A guided setup, typically live in about two weeks | Install per seat | Multi-month deployment |
| Commercials | A single flat monthly subscription. Talk to us | Per seat, per year | License plus deployment, into five and six figures |
Markzware, Enfocus PitStop, Esko, and callas pdfToolbox are trademarks of their respective owners. Third-party positioning is indicative, based on publicly available information.
Most integrations connect and run their first reports within about two weeks. We scope the connection to your systems, set up the API calls, and get the reports running against your real production files. Billing does not start during this setup period, only once the integration is live and running in your environment.
Tell us about your systems and the files you handle, and we will set up an evaluation against your real production work. No deployment project, no per-seat licenses to manage.